Weather-stripping for doors.



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4 APPLICATION FILED JULYIII ISIS. 1,178,775.y v Patented Apr.11,1916.

ROY AL'BRIGHT, OF TQRRINGTN, WYOMING.

WEATHER-STRIPPING FOR DOORS.'

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11,1916.

Application `filed July 17, 1915. Serial No. 40,463.

` To all lwhom t may concern:

a similar nature, which will be hereinafter Be it known that I, RoY R.ALBRIGHT, .a citizen of-the United States, residing at Torrington, inthe county of Goshen and State of Wyoming, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Weather-Stripping for Doors, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings. l

My present invention relates broadly to new and useful improvements inthe construction of ldoors of houses and similar buildings.'

More particularly, the' invention has reference to the provision of anovel form of weather stripping for the door.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to constructv a door inwhichthe upper and lower edges and outer vertical edge are provided withyieldably mounted weather strips adapted to be projected into engagement.with the` door casing when the door is closed so that the building orroom Will be eifectually sealed to p revent the entrance of dust, snow,rain, cool air or the like.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide a door havingyieldable weather strips and to accompany the weather strip with aprojecting means which is of such nature that asinglelever may be swungto either project or retract all the weather strip.

The above, and other incidental objects of more specifically treated areaccomplished vby such means as are illustrated in the ac' companyingdrawings, described in the following specification, and then moreparticularly'pomted out inthe claims-which are lappended 'hereto andform lpart-of this ap# plication.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there has been illustrated thepreferred embodiment of this invention, as it is reduced to,practice',and throughout the several views of which similar reference numeralsdesignate corresponding parts, 4Figure l-is a face vleWof a doorconstructed in accordance with my invention, the door being partlybroken away; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sec.

tional view. through the, door, one of the weather strips, and a portion'ofthe door casing; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail view,

. partly broken away, of the lower outer c or-v ner of the door to showthe auxiliary filling 5 strip.

In taking up the detailed description of this figure, the doordesignated generally by the numeral 10, is provided in its upper edgewith` a groove or channel 11; in its hinged, vertical edge, with agroove or channel 12; and in its lower horizontal and outer verticaledges with grooves or channels13 and 14, respectively. and 14respectively, are freely mounted the weather strips 1 5, 16 and 17,vwhich mem-- bers are substantially similarinl design, each beingpreferably formed from a bar of Wood or equivalent material, accompaniedby aY facing strip of felt or fabric, asindicated at 18. These weatherstrips 15,16 and 17 are adapted to .be simultaneously projected intoengagement with the door casing or retracted to lie within the channels11, 13 and 14, by means of a controlling mechanism to be hereinafterdescribed., The channel 12, which is, as stated, formed in -the'hingededge of the door, is not continuous, it being necessary to leaveportions of the rear edge unchanneled, as at 19 to provide for theattachment of the hinges. Thus, as shown best in Fig.l 1 the channel inthe hinged edge of the door is formed in three sections, in each ofwhich is mounted a weather strip, as indicated at 20, '21 and 22. Theseweather strips are normally heldin yieldable engagement with the doorcasing, byl means of helical springs 23.v A pair of these members 23 isinterposed between the rear face of each of the members 20, 21 and 22and the inner wall of the channel. In controlling the position of theweather strips, 15, 16 and 12',4 I

In the channels 11, 13

detail in Fig. 2 while'the weather stripV weather strips into engagementwith the door casing. All of these bolts are adapted to besimultaneously' projected by either of the levers 24 or 25, one on eachside of the11o door.

Referring nowl particularly to Fig. -2l

' of. Within the bore 30 is mounted as shown Iin Figi. 2 the ction 27ofthe bolt. -member 26v is provided with an internally threaded bore 31,which receives the reduced threaded extension 32 formed on the outer,

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end of the section 27. rlhus the two sections 26 and 27 are detachablyand adjustably connected so that the effective length of the olt may beincreased or decreased at will,

.by rotating the two sections to thread' the member 32 farther into'.the b'ore 31 o'r to withdraw it therefrom. A stop pinindicated at 33 ispassed diametrica'lly through the section `27 at anintermediate point,as-

in Fig. 2 and a helical spring indicated at 34 is wound about thesection 26 to` bear at its forward end against the weather stripmaintain the head 28 and at its rear end against the stop pin.Obviously, the spring acts to yieldably p of the bolt within the recess29 and to yieldably hold the` weather strip at the outer end of thebolt. rlhe lower edge of the section 27 of the bolt is provided withrack teeth, as indicated at 35. These rack teeth are adapted to meshwith the teeth of a pinion 36, which is rotatable ina receiving recess37 formed in the door, 'in n'r'iediatx'ely below the bore 30'. i

A pinion 36 accompanies each of the4 four bolts of the strip 17 and eachof the three bolts of the strips'1`5` and 16. These pinions are keyedupon horizontally disposed axles 38, which are journaled in the door.yOne end of each axle projects beyond the inner face of the -door so thata short lever arm may, as indicated at 39, be applied to the axle ofeach pinion. i

It will now be apparent that if the lever arms 39 of all of the pinion's36 are/simultaneouslyswung upwardly, the several bolts will all besimultaneously projected 'and the weather strips 15,' 16and 17' willtherefore,

be simultaneously projected into engagement with the door casing. On theother hand, if the weather strips are already projected into engagementwith the door casing and vthe lever arms 39y are all swung downwardlybelow horizontalposition, all of the bolts will be 'retractedandconsequently all three weather strips 15, 6 and17 will be retractedfolie within the'- vch'anm'es" 11, and 14.-

It is new' to be observed @harness lever arms 39, whic A are locatedfattliegupper ter corner and .t 'e lovfer`- outer corner `ofthe `it will beseen that the bolt is door are l.shaped. rihese several members 39- arefreely connected as shown best in Fig. 1 by means of link rods 40. Thelever arms are, of course, Vslotted so that the termmals of the linkrods may be capable of slight v movement with respect to the members 39,

as an integral part of the upper end of the vertical portion. Thehorizontal portion4 of the 'member A is connected, as above explained,by the link rods to the lever arms of the pinions of the door.

Referring now to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the handle 25 may be swungto turn the T-member A on its pivot (which is the pinion axleparticularlyindicated by the numeral 38a) to simultaneously swing all ofthe lever arms 39 to cause the simultaneous projection of the weatherstrips 15, 16 and 17, or may be swung to simultaneously retract all ofthese weather strips. Y

In order that the lever arms 24 or 25 may be yieldably retained inadjusted position, l provide foreach a contractile helical sprlng 41which is secured at its upper end to the lever and at its lower end tothe door. rllhe lower end of the spring is in vertical .alinement withthe pivot 41 so that it will act to hold the leverarm in either of itstwo positions. A small leaf spring, indicated at 42v is also. preferablyprovided in connectionI with the lever arms 39 so that these memberswill be normallyl held in horizontal position. y i f y ln order thatthedoor may be locked when the weathenstrips are projected 1ntoengagement I,with the door casing, l provide the lock'fbarf'43-which ispivotally attached -in order toV close this space 'at' the forwardcorners ofthe door I preferably mount between the ends of the weatherstrips, lling strips 45 disposed in slots in the meeting ends .of theweather strips at, the forward corhersfoffthe'"door, these strips beingex# tenddfdfiagonaflly toward the center ofthe door andbeing formed withteeth 46 adapted to be engaged by pinions 36a Y'of the same character asthe pinions 36, these pinions 36 being in turn operated by means of thearms 39 operativelyengaging the rods 40 in the manner previouslydescribed. It will now be obvious that when the weather strips areprojected these corner filling pieces 45 will also be projected and whenthe weather strips are contracted the corner pieces will also beretracted.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a door having a longitudinal groove in its upperedge, in lits v lower edge and in its outer vertical edge, of

2. The combination with a door having a longitudinal groove in its upperand lower edges and in its outer edge, and further provided within saidedges with inwardly extending bores, of a weather stri disposed in eachof said grooves, a sectiona bolt movable within each of said bores, across pin vcarried by each bolt, a coil spring oneach bolt and disposedbetween the in and weather stri a rack formed ont e inner' end of eacholt, pinions adapted to engagethe racks, means operatively connect-.mia

of said pinions, and means operable either .side of the 4door forsimultaneously actuating all of said pinions whereby all of said weatherstrips may be simultaneously projected to engagewith the door casing orsimultaneously retracted to lie W1th1n the limits of thegrooves. A y

In testimony whereof4 I hereunto. aiix my signature in the presence o`ftwo BOY' R. ALBRIGHT.

Witnesses: W. Man ALBRIGHT,

R. E. Cnoss.

